Mark 3:6-16

6 The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the ¹Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

7 ²Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ³a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from ⁴Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of ⁵Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 ⁶And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 for He had ⁷healed many, with the result that all those who had ⁸afflictions pressed around Him in order to ⁹touch Him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are ¹⁰the Son of God!"

12 And He ¹¹earnestly warned them not to tell who He was.

The Twelve Are Chosen

13 And He went up on ¹²the mountain and ¹³summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.

16 And He appointed the twelve: ¹⁴Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter ),

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:13
• 2. Mark 3:7-12: {Matthew 12:15, 16; Luke 6:17-19}
• 3. Matthew 4:25; Luke 6:17
• 4. Joshua 15:1, 21; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5
• 5. Matthew 11:21
• 6. Mark 4:1; Luke 5:1-3
• 7. Matthew 4:23
• 8. Mark 5:29, 34; Luke 7:21
• 9. Matthew 9:21; Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56; Mark 8:22
• 10. Matthew 4:3
• 11. Matthew 8:4
• 12. Matthew 5:1; Luke 6:12
• 13. Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1
• 14. Mark 3:16-19: {Matthew 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16;} Acts 1:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "giving counsel"
• [b]. Lit "make Him known"